Swiss War Materiel and Arms Exports

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CNC lathe for Israel’s Technion

Goods category: Dual-use goods (Goods Control Act)

Smoke and fire at a high-rise building in Gaza City after an Israeli attack, 07.10.2023.

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On 17 April 2024, Schaublin Machines received an export licence for a CNC lathe worth 381’000 Swiss francs. Beni Cukurel at the Technion’s Faculty of Aerospace Engineering in Haifa is listed as the end recipient. Licence 8047223 of 17 April 2024 covers a 202TG CNC W25 lathe with Fanuc 0i-TF Plus control for 381’000 Swiss francs. The recipient is the Beni Cukurel aerospace faculty at the Technion in Haifa. The importer is the Technion Research & Development Foundation and the intermediary RM Industrial Services in Or Yehuda. The document lists control entries 2B001.a and 1A001.

Effect of the proposed War Materiel Act revision

Dual-use goods are not subject to the War Materiel Act, but to the much weaker Goods Control Act. These cases are included for illustration.

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April 2024

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